kernel/linux.git/Documentation/watchdog, branch master

Merge tag 'linux-watchdog-6.20-rc1' of git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog

2026-02-16T20:21:22+00:00

Pull watchdog updates from Wim Van Sebroeck: - iTCO: Drop vendor support - s3c2410_wdt: Drop S3C2410 support - Convert mpc8xxx-wdt to YAML - Several small fixes and improvements * tag 'linux-watchdog-6.20-rc1' of git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog: dt-bindings: watchdog: qcom-wdt: Document Glymur watchdog dt-bindings: watchdog: Convert mpc8xxx-wdt to YAML dt-bindings: watchdog: samsung-wdt: Split if:then: and constrain more dt-bindings: watchdog: samsung-wdt: Drop S3C2410 watchdog: s3c2410_wdt: Drop S3C2410 support dt-bindings: watchdog: samsung-wdt: Define cluster constraints top-level watchdog: rzv2h_wdt: Discard pm_runtime_put() return value watchdog: rz: Discard pm_runtime_put() return values watchdog: Make API functions const correct watchdog: imx7ulp_wdt: handle the nowayout option watchdog: sbsa: Update the W_IIDR Implementer bit mask to 0xFFF watchdog: Always return time left until watchdog times out watchdog: iTCO: Drop vendor support watchdog: starfive-wdt: Fix PM reference leak in probe error path fix it87_wdt early reboot by reporting running timer

Documentation: use a source-read extension for the index link boilerplate

2026-01-23T18:59:34+00:00

The root document usually has a special :ref:`genindex` link to the generated index. This is also the case for Documentation/index.rst. The other index.rst files deeper in the directory hierarchy usually don't. For SPHINXDIRS builds, the root document isn't Documentation/index.rst, but some other index.rst in the hierarchy. Currently they have a ".. only::" block to add the index link when doing SPHINXDIRS html builds. This is obviously very tedious and repetitive. The link is also added to all index.rst files in the hierarchy for SPHINXDIRS builds, not just the root document. Put the boilerplate in a sphinx-includes/subproject-index.rst file, and include it at the end of the root document for subproject builds in an ad-hoc source-read extension defined in conf.py. For now, keep having the boilerplate in translations, because this approach currently doesn't cover translated index link headers. Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula Tested-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab [jc: did s/doctree/kern_doc_dir/ ] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <20260123143149.2024303-1-jani.nikula@intel.com>

watchdog: Make API functions const correct

2026-01-18T09:56:10+00:00

Many watchdog API functions do not modify the watchdog_device nor device. Mark their arguments as const to reflect this and improve const-correctness of the API. No functional change intended. Signed-off-by: Kari Argillander Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck

watchdog: iTCO: Drop vendor support

2026-01-18T09:55:08+00:00

iTCO vendor support was introduced in 2006 to support SuperMicro boards with Pentium 3 CPUs. It was extended in 2009 to support motherbords with broken BIOS (specifically Intel DG33TL). The code is long since obsolete, so let's drop support for it. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck Reviewed-by: Wim Van Sebroeck Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck

watchdog: Delete the cpu5wdt driver

2024-11-05T09:04:39+00:00

This driver has a number of issues (accesses arbitrary I/O ports without identifying the hardware, doesn't document what hardware it supports, suspiciously inconsistent locking model, doesn't implement WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT, potential integer overflow...) The driver was added in 2003 and there's no evidence that it has any recent user, all changes seem to be tree-wide, subsystem-wide, or the result of static code analysis. So I believe we should simply drop this legacy piece of code. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare Message-ID: <20241011170710.484a257a@endymion.delvare> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241022114731.31f69c94@endymion.delvare Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck

[tree-wide] finally take no_llseek out

2024-09-27T15:18:43+00:00

no_llseek had been defined to NULL two years ago, in commit 868941b14441 ("fs: remove no_llseek") To quote that commit, At -rc1 we'll need do a mechanical removal of no_llseek - git grep -l -w no_llseek | grep -v porting.rst | while read i; do sed -i '/\/d' $i done would do it. Unfortunately, that hadn't been done. Linus, could you do that now, so that we could finally put that thing to rest? All instances are of the form .llseek = no_llseek, so it's obviously safe. Signed-off-by: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Documentation: Capitalize Fahrenheit in watchdog-api.rst

2024-08-16T22:34:41+00:00

Capitalize "fahrenheit," a spelling mistake. Signed-off-by: David Hunter Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240807185332.61624-1-david.hunter.linux@gmail.com

Documentation: Fix typos

2023-08-18T17:29:03+00:00

Fix typos in Documentation. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230814212822.193684-4-helgaas@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt: Fix Format

2023-02-17T00:31:29+00:00

Add list format so that compiled documentation looks like it was intended to. Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230210184247.221134-3-jerry.hoemann@hpe.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt: Fix Reference

2023-02-17T00:31:29+00:00

The IPMI documentation moved to Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst. Update reference to reflect new location. Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230210184247.221134-2-jerry.hoemann@hpe.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet